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How can you distinguish between corruption and official deviance in policing? Provide examples of each.

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A discussion on the difference between official deviance and corruption.

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Deviance is behavior inconsistent with norms, values, or ethics and could entail officers engaging in graft, abuse of prisoners verbally, and other types of behavior that are not the norm. The officers may be a part of a sub-genre and not act in accordance with the accepted norms and values of the organization wherein the ...

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